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It's used in some [[Stack]] deck routines. | It's used in some [[Stack]] deck routines. | ||
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== References == | == References == | ||
* http://www.joyalstack.com/Pages/Milestones/Main_A.html# | * http://www.joyalstack.com/Pages/Milestones/Main_A.html# | ||
[[Category:Cards]] | [[Category:Cards]] | ||
Latest revision as of 08:13, 22 August 2013
Eight Kings is a mnemonic to remember the cards in the deck in a specific apparently random order.
Eight kings threatened to save, nine fine ladies for one sick knave = 8-K-3-10-2-7-9-5-Q-4-A-6-J.
It's used in some Stack deck routines.
The system can be traced as far back as The Expositor by William Pinchbeck in 1805.
